Before 199, no one could search the Internet. The ancestor of all search engines was Archie FAQ invented by Alan Emtage, Peter Deutsch and Bill Wheelan of McGill University in Montreal in 199.
although the World Wide Web didn't appear at that time, the file transmission in the network was quite frequent. Because a large number of files were scattered in various scattered FTP hosts, it was very inconvenient to query, so Alan Emtage and others thought of developing a system that could search files by file names, so Archie came into being.
Archie is the first program to automatically index anonymous FTP website files on the Internet, but it is not a real search engine. Archie is a searchable list of FTP file names. Users must enter an accurate file name search, and then Archie will tell users which FTP address can download the file.
inspired by Archie's popularity, Nevada System Computing Services university developed a Gopher(Gopher FAQ) search Veronica(Veronica FAQ, in 1993. Jughead is another Gopher search tool later.
expanding information
the function of search engine
search engine is a necessary function for "the convenience of users using the website" in website construction, and it is also an effective tool for studying the behavior of website users.
Efficient on-site retrieval can help users find the target information quickly and accurately, thus promoting the sales of products/services more effectively. Moreover, through in-depth analysis of the search behavior of website visitors, it is of great value for further formulating more effective online marketing strategies.
1. From the perspective of network marketing environment, the development of search engine marketing environment plays a decisive role in promoting network marketing;
2. From the perspective of effect marketing, many companies can apply network marketing by using search engine marketing;
3. As far as the components of complete e-commerce concept are concerned, network marketing is the most important component and an important link to transmit information to end customers.
Baidu encyclopedia-search engine